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Personal info

Full name
LAUTENBACH, Stephan Charles
Date of birth
22 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Hometown
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
11092050
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 28 10

Immediate family

Members
Udya C. Lautenbach (mother)

More information

Pfc Stephan C. Lautenbach attended college for two years before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New Haven, Connecticut on 7 September 1942.

He was killed by machine gun fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux / Larry Lovejoy

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks New Haven, Connecticut